BD party setup

Nikolai

I went to shoot a BD party "formals" Friday night. My initial intention was to go with the HK setup since it provides a "studio" look-and-feel at a minimum hassle. However, the venue turned out to be too tight, there was no way I could fit the backdrop and two 2x4s to blast it without creating a serious hazard for my subjects. So I had to stick with the front main light only. Luckily, the restaurant had a nice brick wall, so it wasn't too bad afterall.

86" PLM - again - turned out to be a great piece of gear :-)
I could easily accomodate for singles, couples, trios, etc up to, probably a dozen, if not 15, people (the actual max was 6, I'm just saying I could've).

Sam

You can say it wasn't to bad, but without photos.......................dunno

Sam

Nikolai

Sam wrote: »

You can say it wasn't to bad, but without photos.......................dunno
Sam

Okay, okay.. Here's a sample:



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jpc

Did you pre-focus and fire the camera remotely? It doesn't look like there was room for you to squeeze in there.

Nikolai

jpc wrote: »

Did you pre-focus and fire the camera remotely? It doesn't look like there was room for you to squeeze in there.

I was refocusing often as I shot at f/5.6, each group deviated from the spot, sometimes by a foot, and didn't want to "miss the eyes":-)
I was able to squeeze my head over there for a quick focus check.
However the actual shooting was done via Canon remote and in MF.

jpc

mf.. Ooooooohh